Fish-stringer.



PATBNTED APR. 9, 1907.

A. G. MILLS. FISH STRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2a, 1906.

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FISH-STRINGER. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed May 28, 1906. Serial ll'o. 819.122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANSON C. MILLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-stringers and 1 do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains .to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fish-stringers; and its object is to provide a convenient device adapted to be attached to the gunwale of a boat and provided with means for securely holding the fish and trailing the same over the side of the boat; and it consists, essentially, of a clamp ada ted to be detachably secured to the boat and provided with sockets and a needle detachably inserted in the sockets, and a cord attached to the needle by means of a globular head and hin ed joint, as hereinafter more fully descri ed, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, in \VT1lCh Figure 1 is an elevation showing my device attached to a boat for use; Fig. 2, an enlarged detail of the same, showing a portion of the gunwale of the boat in section; Figs. 3 and 4, still further enlarged details, showing the method of attaching the cord to the needle.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a metal clamp adapted to be secured to the gunwale of a boat and provided at its outer end with sockets 2, adapted to detachably hold the needle 3.

4 The parts of the head at each side of the slot are comiected by a connectin member having a socket 7 at one side, in whlch socket is a knot 8 on the end of the cord to hold the same in the socket.

From the foregoing description the mode of o eration of my device is obvious without furt er explanation.

What I claim is 1. Afish-stringer, comprising a clamp having a socket, a needle detachably inserted in the socket, a pivoted head on the needle, and a cord attached to the head.

2. A fish-stringer, com rising a needle, a divided head pivoted to the needle and provided with a socket, and a cord having a knot within the socket.

3. A fish-stringer, com rising a needle having an eye at one end, a globular head having a transverse slot to receive the eye of the needle and ivoted thereto and also provided with a soc et, and a cord inserted in the socket and having a knot in the end Within the socket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ANsoN c. MILLS.

Witnesses:

FANNY HERRIOK, M. ELIZABETH HAMMOND. 

